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The Swiss firm, owned by the Princes of Liechtenstein, has already made seven secondaries deals from Crown Europe Middle Market III which closed on its hard-cap.

Former Nomura International vice-chairman Justin Dowley will hand over to fellow board member and ex-Schroders CFO Kevin Parry at ICG’s AGM.

Agri and timber secondaries saw the biggest growth in secondaries deal volume, rising by more than half in 2015, according to a report by Setter Capital.

About a third of institutions plan to increase their allocation to private markets this year, a stronger response than for other asset classes, according to a new poll.

Over half the pension's private equity investments are in pre-2009 vintage funds, which are becoming challenging to monitor.

GSAM has agreed to buy around $200m worth of stakes in Terra Firma's 2007 fund, famous for its EMI investment.

The New York-based investment bank hired Shawn Schestag from Credit Suisse to focus on secondaries and co-investments.

The deal included tail-end European buyout stakes from Charterhouse Capital Partners and EQT.

This is the seventh deal from the firm's 2bn SKr Verdane VIII fund, which is now over two-thirds invested.

The mezzanine powerhouse is expected to have raised a third of its target for the fund, which will focus on restructurings.